1. Ron Ozuna Roosevelt High School Los Angeles USD
EARTH Workshop MBARI
Ron Ozuna
Roosevelt High School
Los Angeles USD

2. Roosevelt High School

3. The Campus

4. Features used for grouping depend on the purpose of the grouping.
Lesson Plan—Hardware Sort
Summary
This lesson serves as an introduction to classification, using familiar objects to help students understand what attributes are used to classify things.
Key Concepts
A great variety of kinds of living things can be sorted into groups in many ways using various features to decide which things belong to which group.
Features used for grouping depend on the purpose of the grouping.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
Determine which characteristics are useful in sorting or classifying items
Create and explain a classification scheme using familiar objects
Materials
Various items from a hardware store

5. Hardware Sort

6. Student Hardware Sort

7. Student Hardware Sort

8. Lesson Plan—Classifying Deep-sea Organisms
Summary
This activity encourages students to take what they have learned about the principles of classification and apply it to deep-sea animals that they may have never seen before.
Key Concepts
Features used for grouping depend on the purpose of the grouping. Animals and plants have a great variety of body plans and internal structures that contribute to their being able to make or find food and reproduce.
In classifying organisms, biologists consider details of internal and external structures to be more important than behaviour or general appearance.
Objectives
Students will be able to:
Determine which characteristics are useful in sorting or classifying items
Create and explain a classification scheme using deep-sea organisms
Materials
Computers with Internet access (optional)
Deep-sea organism cards (from EARTH Web site)
Presentation materials (PowerPoint, or poster board, markers, glue, tape, etc.)

9. Classifying Deep-sea Organisms

10. Classifying Deep-sea Organisms

11. Student Deep Sea Sort

12. Student Deep Sea Sort

13. Case Study: Upwelling

14. California Sardine Landings

15. Upwelling Explained

16. Surface Ocean Currents

17. Atmospheric Conditions

18. Explaining Stick Plots

19. Sea Surface Temperature

20. Biological Conditions

21. Student Data Collection

22. Student Correlation of Data